ecclesiastics

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“So many disloyal actions on the part of ecclesiastics are born of the lack of a sense of having been shown compassion, and by the habit of averting one’s gaze, the habit of indifference.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2019

But everybody comes across as human here: the conniving ecclesiastics who propel Henry into war, the fatuous French Dauphin, the speechifying Welsh Captain Fluellen and Henry's disreputable old chums from his wild youth.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2012

The gold canopy, the procession of ecclesiastics, the charming boys’ choir.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2010

Most of England's ecclesiastics, historians and architectural esthetes were dead against it.

From Time Magazine Archive

On his consent, Hedwige, accompanied by the ecclesiastics, the barons, and a magnificent retinue, proceeded to the place of rendezvous, where she was met by Conrad and the principal knight-commanders of the order.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.